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Monday, 30 April 2012

My Gran's currant loaf

I am not the best cook in the world but whenever I cook my gran's currant loaf I am always asked for the recipe... so here it is. My 97 year old grandmother got this recipe out of a women's magazine in the 1950s, she has been cooking it ever since!

This currant loaf recipe was one of the first things I cooked with my kids. It has very few steps so they get the joy of mixing and I don't stress with a long list of ingredients and processes.

Ingredients:
1 generous cup of cold tea
1 cup of currants
1 cup of caster sugar (you can reduce this by a quarter to a half if you want a low sugar version)
2 cups of self raising flour
Pinch of salt

Combine the tea, currants and sugar in a bowl. Cover and leave for at least 2 hours or preferably overnight.

Line a loaf tin with baking paper. In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt. Slowly add the tea/currant mixture while stirring to avoid lumps. If a child is helping I find the whole lot is added in a fast gush..... so the mixture will need extra stirring to get rid of lumps.

Hi Ali, I have this recipe on a piece of paper that was my grandmothers. She has written on it Currant Loaf Recipe wins 5 pound. Sounds like this may be where she won it. My mum would have been 104 this year, so gran about 30 years older. I made the cake last night but overcooked it. It was still beautiful just crusty around the edges.

Hi I'm Ali, a Mum to two gorgeous girls – Cakey (5) and Boo (3). My kids love paper, paint, glue, glitter, playdough, mud, sticky tape and anything that makes a big mess! I am a crafty type person too and together we love to make things. This blog deals with the activities we do to make the day more fun.Read more here